Intro. to Research Flashcards
understanding how knowledge within a field is generated is important why
cause it allows us the skills to critique an existing body of literature
understanding of science and research are essential to answer what
questions that no one knows the answer to yet
science is the discover on what
knowledge
science is the ____ we draw and the ____ we develop based on what we know
conclusions, theories
what are the 3 primary research approaches
quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research
what are 5 differences we need to take into consideration between research appraoches
-underlying assumptions
-types of questions asked
-specific methods used
-type of data that results
-analysis of the data
what are philosophical wordviews
researchs set of beliefs about their general orientation of the world and the nature of research
what is ontology
general orientation to the world
-belief in the nature of truth and reality
what is epistemology
nature of research
-belief about how we acquire knowledge about truth and reality
what are 3 key aspects of every philosiphical worldview
-influecne the approach and methods that a researcher takes
-dictate what a research believes counts as knowledge
-part the entire research process from beginning to end
what are teh 5 world views that are common in the literature
-postpositivism
-constructivisim
-transformative
-pragmatism
- tow-eyed seeing
pospositivism is the notion that there is what
a single reality or objective truth
what are 2 beliefs of postpositivism
-our experiences, values and beliefs can get in the way of learning the truths, must work to guard against these factors
-may have to keep refining things to get to the truth
postpositivism inclused what 2 assumptions
determinism
-causes determine effects
reductionism
-ideas can be reduced to testable research questions
pospositivism seeks to understand what
causal relationships
postpositivism seeks to develop what
theories and laws to describe the world and uncover object reality